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ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death (apnews.com)
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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I just watched the monologue in question. It was probably the tamest critique of the lot. This is stupid. And illegal, but definitely stupid. Like, at least go after a harsher critic?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    What makes it illegal?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    Government suppression of free speech violates the 1st amendment. So being against the constitution makes it illegal.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I wasn't aware that ABC was the government. They may be acting like Trump's personal toadies, but I am pretty sure they are a private organization.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    ABC acted after the chair of the FCC threatened ABC. The unconstitutional act was the FCC threat as a reaction to protected speech.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    No, that was Jonathan Karl of the American Broadcasting Company.

    But you're right in that he also threatened John Lyons of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation at the same event: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/donald-trump-clashes-with-australian-abc-journalist-and-hints-at-albanese-meeting

    And Trump did distinguish between the two ABCs, mentioning the leader of Australia to the Australian, and the lawsuit against ABC to the American.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Private organizations that need gouvernement approval for their juicy merger. So its money + coercion organized at the highest level of your country.

    Welcome to USA, the land of the nazis 2nd edition

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    The article says ABC suspended the show voluntarily applauded by government. Shitty? Sure. Illegal? Not clearly.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    “Voluntarily“ after the FCC threatened them. You know the FCC is part of the government, don’t you?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    And where in that article is that information?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Earlier in the day, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel’s comments “truly sick” and said his agency has a strong case for holding Kimmel, ABC and network parent Walt Disney Co. accountable for spreading misinformation. He said the comic appeared to be making an intentional effort to mislead the public that Kirk’s assassin was a right-wing Trump supporter.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is every censorship action that the FCC takes illegal under the first amendment? If not, how is this one clearly a deviation from their normal censorship?

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